[B-Greek] Acts 3,6A
Eddie Mishoe
edmishoe at yahoo.com
Sat Mar 20 07:38:32 EST 2004
Dr. Conrad:
Many thanks for your replies to my questions! They have been most helpful! If you were to translate this text, would you translate MOI over to English (assuming you are translating into English) or leave it untranslated? The book I am referencing leaves it untranslated and so does the NET Bible (I have seen this translation referenced several times while searching the archives of this site.).
Eddie Mishoe
"Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu> wrote:
At 10:23 PM -0500 3/19/04, Polycarp66 at aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 3/19/2004 10:08:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>edmishoe at yahoo.com writes:
>EIPEN DE PETROS ARGURION KAI CRUSION OUC hUPARCEI MOI, hO DE ECW TOUTO SOI
>DIDWMI
>
>MOI is generally not translated. Cannot the dative of possession be
>translated here?
>
>Peter said, "I have no money WITH ME (in my possession), but what I do have
>(possess) this I give to you"
>_________________
>
>This is not a dative of possession. the verb hUPARXEI is a 3 m.s. and is an
>existential verb which therefore simply means "it exists" or in this case with
>OUX "it does not exist" MOI is thus a dative of respect "it does not exist
>WITH REFERENCE TO ME" or simply "I don't have."
I would argue the opposite; hUPARCEI is indeed equivalent to ESTI, and
hUPARCEI MOI is not a whit different in sense from ESTI MOI + nom. subject.
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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